Job Description Chief Technology Officer / Chief Architect
Reports To: [Account Executive / Regional CTO / Head of Technology, BeLux]
Sales & Account Management, Solution Directors, Global Business Line Architects, Delivery Leadership, Marketing, Partner Ecosystem
The CTO / Chief Architect for the EU Institutional Account is a senior, market-facing technology executive responsible for shaping and evangelizing the regional technology vision, driving innovation-led growth, and enabling sales through differentiated technical strategy and thought leadership.
Technology Vision & Customer Evangelism
Define and articulate the multi-year technology vision for EU accounts, aligning Atos’s global road map and growth objectives with the EU’s Digital Decade goals, Sovereignty mandates, and interoperability frameworks (EIRA, EIF).
Act as the chief evangelist for Atos’s strategy across cloud, cybersecurity, AI/ML, data platforms, automation, and digital transformation, translating complex technologies into compelling business value.
Continuously assess emerging technologies, industry trends, and competitor positioning within the EU institutional landscape to shape differentiated offerings and maintain competitive advantage.
Develop and maintain an EU-specific technology radar, identifying trends and innovations relevant to institutional modernization priorities.
# Define and lead Atos’s AI strategy for EU institutions, encompassing Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs),Agentic AI, and intelligent automation frameworks.
Collaborate with data science, ML engineering, and innovation teams to develop EU-specific AI use cases and solution accelerators.
# Evangelize security-by-design, resilience, and compliance as core components of Atos’s technology value proposition. Lead the design of Sovereign-by-Design cloud and hybrid infrastructures ensuring data residency, jurisdictional control, and operational sovereignty within the EU.
Oversee the modernization of legacy stacks into cloud-native, AI-ready platforms while ensuring seamless interoperability across inter-institutional systems.
Serve as the lead architect on large-scale, multi-million euro deal pursuits, owning the technical solution design, architecture narrative, and technical volumes in competitive bids and framework contract responses.
Chair architectural review boards for major pursuits, ensuring solution quality, feasibility, and alignment with Atos’s delivery capabilities and global standards.
Chair or participate in architecture review boards, resolving architectural conflicts across workstreams (infrastructure, applications, cybersecurity, workplace, data) on multi-institutional deals.
Establish and enforce architecture governance frameworks aligned with industry standards (TOGAF, ArchiMate) and EU-specific standards (EIRA), ensuringconsistency across the EU account portfolio.
Conduct architecture compliance reviews at key delivery milestones, providing quality gates between solution design and operational deployment.
# Design and lead Innovation Workshops (using Design Thinking) and CTO Round Tables to co-create solutions with EU stakeholders.
Serve as a senior technology ambassador for Atos in client meetings, executive briefings, advisory councils, and industry forums.
Microsoft, AWS, hyper scalers), global innovation teams, and centres of excellence to showcase Atos capabilities through demos, prototypes, and reference architectures.
Build and maintain long-term institutional relationships beyond individual procurements, positioning Atos as the default strategic technology partner.
Provide independent architectural assessments and technology roadmap workshops for DG-level stakeholders, demonstrating advisory value beyond commercial engagements.
# Partner closely with sales, account teams, and marketing to support strategic pursuits, large deals, and competitive bids.
Enable sales teams with clear messaging, architectures, differentiators, and competitive intelligence that accelerate pipeline conversion and deal velocity.
Develop and maintain a library of solution assets, proposal templates, and technical narratives tailored to EU institutional procurement processes.
Monitor and anticipate EU procurement pipelines, including framework contracts, competitive dialogues, and calls for tender from DIGIT, DG CONNECT, and other DGs.
# Team Leadership &Capability Development
Mentor senior architects and technical leaders in client-facing, advisory, and pre-sales roles, building a bench of CTO-calibre talent within the EU account.
15+ years in senior technology leadership roles within global IT services, consulting, cloud, or enterprise technology organisations.
~ Deep expertise across cloud platforms, AI/ML (including Generative AI and Agentic AI), cybersecurity, data platforms, and digital transformation.
~ Proven ability to articulate complex technologies as business outcomes and competitive advantage.
~ Understanding of EU procurement frameworks including framework contracts, competitive dialogue procedures, and public tender processes.
~ Full professional proficiency in English is required; French or Dutch is a significant advantage.
~ Prior experience as a CTO, Chief Architect, Distinguished Engineer, or senior technology evangelist in a large IT services or consulting firm.
Experience supporting large-scale strategic deals and transformational sales pursuits across multiple technology domains.
Experience with sovereign cloud architectures and data residency frameworks.